Three days into the 2017 season and it sounds like we already have a solid contender for match of the year. In the Brisbane night session, Garbiñe Muguruza saved a match point to edge past Daria Kasatkina, 7-5 3-6 7-6(7) in two hours and 58 minutes. I was livescoring the match (back to work today…
Playing her first match as a top five player, Dominika Cibulkova will open her 2017 campaign against the world number 23, Zhang Shuai in the second round of the Brisbane International. As the number two seed, Cibulkova was granted a first round bye, while Zhang played her first match of the year on Monday. The…
First round action in Brisbane continued on Monday with a trio of three setters. The first match of the day was the most dramatic and will be tough to beat all year! Roberta Vinci saved five match points to beat Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) in two hours and 46 minutes. Vinci had been drawn…
Second round action will begin at the Brisbane International on Tuesday with the match of the day adorning the night session as the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza will play Daria Kasatkina. The winner will advance to a first ever quarter-final in Brisbane. Muguruza opened her 2017 campaign with a gritty win over Sam Stosur,…
The first week of the season is always one of the most hectic due to the number of tournaments and the time difference, but with no more TennisTV catch-up service, it’s going to be even more of a challenge to cover! My Set Points posts this week are not going to cover everything but will…
Auckland boasts its strongest ever line-up of WTA players for the 2017 edition of the ASB Classic. Both Williams sisters are present in the draw as Serena joins Venus, who has become a regular in Auckland in recent years. The main draw is bolstered with Caroline Wozniacki and Barbora Strycova, and exciting talent in Naomi Osaka and Ana…
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